SALT LAKE CITY, June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been nearly two years since USANA began operations in Colombia, and USANA Colombia has been named the sole GOLD Medal recipient for Colombian products in the recently released 2015 NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements for the Americas. This guide features comparisons of products from Canada, Mexico, Colombia and the United States.

USANA was also awarded the 2015 NutriSearch Editors' Choice Award for excellence in manufacturing quality and commitment to science.

NutriSearch President Lyle MacWilliam said the company is pleased to include Colombia in the 2015 Editors' Choice Award because "USANA continues to provide top-quality products in every market it enters, providing exceptional safety, purity and potency in its flagship multiple vitamin and mineral supplements, the Essentials."

NutriSearch has been comparing multiple vitamin and mineral supplements in North America for over 15 years. Its Blended Standard uses the mean nutritional recommendations from no less than 12 nutritional authorities as a benchmark for optimal nutrient levels. NutriSearch then applies these benchmarks to its 18 health support criteria that are used to evaluate and compare nutritional products.

"USANA consistently reaches our top rating and has always met the high quality standards NutriSearch requires," said MacWilliam. "The Essentials are clearly one of the best products available anywhere."

For more than 10 years now, NutriSearch has been recognizing USANA as a pillar of excellence in the nutrition industry.

USANA currently supports approximately 291,000 active Associates in 19 countries and sponsors more than 700 elite athletes around the world with its award-winning products. In 2014, USANA received 112 prestigious awards.

For more information about USANA's products and company, visit USANA.com.